Banque Saudi Fransi Q4 net profit jumps

Riyadh, January 7, 2013

Banque Saudi Fransi, the lender part-owned by Credit Agricole, posted a 22.2 percent jump in its fourth-quarter net profit citing higher operating income, it said in a bourse statement on Monday.

BSF, Saudi Arabia's fifth-largest bank by market capitalisation, said it made 808 million riyals ($215.5 million) in the three months ending December 31 compared with 661 million riyals in the same period a year earlier.